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A report is given of a 24-year-old woman with a malignant cerebellopontine angle tumour, which appeared to have arisen from the 8th nerve sheath. It had a predominantly fasciculated, spindle-cell, Schwannoma-like structure, but also included rhabdomyoblastic elements and a diagnosis of malignant triton tumour is proposed. The patient did not have Von Recklinghausen's disease.
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Best, P.V. Malignant triton tumour in the cerebellopontine angle. Acta Neuropathol 74, 92–96 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00688345
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